RE: LAB OEQ's

How many people are failing because of the OEQ?

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Poplawski, James
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 11:53 AM
To: 'Gary Greenberg'; Ryan West
Cc: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: LAB OEQ's

From talks I had at Cisco Live (CCIE Lab Techtorial), the proctors that
administer the exam are not the ones grading it. It did feel as though if
you explain yourself well enough in the OEQ that maybe they would cut you
some slack. I think as Scott Morris said, you want to be cordial to the
proctors as they are there to help you. But ultimately someone on the other
side of the country (or world) is grading your exam.

HTH,
JB

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Gary
Greenberg
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 1:25 PM
To: Ryan West
Cc: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: LAB OEQ's

Ryan,

I am with you on the naive part. I was worried about this section
before I went in, rightly so.

The two I got wrong were black on white solutions which had no gray
area, so short of some sort of malfunction or small miracle, I don't
see how they could grade it as correct. I did not get in good with
the proctors either, they were not very talkative and were very tight
lipped on any sort of clarification to any lab questions. I think the
difficulty of the questions really depend, some people get easier ones
than others. For some reason I got some memorization type questions
where other people may get concept questions. I assume that everyone
in the room did get the same OEQ's. Do you know if the person that
grades the OEQ is the same person who grades the lab?

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:56 PM, Ryan West<rwest_at_zyedge.com> wrote:
> Gary,
>
> I second your opinion on the OEQ's, I think it's naove to assume that if
you "studied correctly", you will be fine. I know the feeling and the
waiting game, just remember though, I was pretty sure I had answered more
than 1 incorrectly as well. Do you think you were close? Will the proctors
remember who you are? i.e. did you sell yourself to the proctors. I have
heard they aren't the ones grading them, but they might have some say.
>
> Good luck.
>
> -ryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Gary Greenberg
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 1:26 PM
> To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Subject: LAB OEQ's
>
> Ladies & Gents,
>
> I attempted my lab today and have not received my results back yet. I
> feel like I nailed every section on the lab configuration.
> Unfortunately, once I got home I realized that I answered 2 of 4 OEQ's
> incorrectly. So unless some miracle occurs, doesn't look like it is
> going to be a pass on my first attempt. I must tell everyone not to
> underestimate these OEQ's. I believe that multiple questions were
> CCNP level or higher. Looking back at it, I should not have missed
> one of them and the other was a capabilities related question that I
> would not have known really known about a particular technology.
>
> I will keep looking for another V3 date, but am not holding my
> breathe. Seems like I have to start learning some MPLS. Does anyone
> have any recommendations for an MPLS newbie?
>
> Good luck,
>
> Gary
>
>
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